鶏
鶏 — Chicken
chicken
On’yomiケイ (kei)
Kun’yomiにわとり (niwatori)
Kun’yomiとり (tori)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 鶏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鶏 | にわとり niwatori | chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat |
| 鶏肉 | とりにく toriniku | chicken meat; fowl; poultry |
| 養鶏 | ようけい youkei | poultry raising; poultry farming; chicken farming |
| 鶏卵 | けいらん keiran | hen's egg |
Study notes
鶏 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1901 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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